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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - The Akha Way 1988-1990.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does dreaming of a dog on the roof mean?
(a) The dog is waiting for the new moon.
(b) The dog is a sign of a stranger coming to the village.
(c) The dog did not keep out an evil spirit and it is roaming in the village.
(d) The dog is scared of an evil spirit and climbed on the roof.

2. What is the precious dowry Li-yan will bring to her marriage?
(a) A tea grove passed down through the women in her mother's family.
(b) A house her father will build.
(c) The herbs and medicines her mother uses.
(d) Pigs and chickens.

3. Why is Teacher Zhang sometimes bitter?
(a) He wants a wife.
(b) He does not agree with communism.
(c) He hates teaching school.
(d) He was not allowed to return to his home after the Cultural Revolution.

4. Why does San-pa get into trouble the day he meets Li-yan?
(a) He steals a pancake.
(b) He is rude to A-ba.
(c) He is lazy and does not help his father.
(d) He speaks to Li-yan without permission.

5. What happens to Li-yan when she meets San-pa?
(a) She is accused of stealing food.
(b) He buys her a pancake.
(c) San-pa becomes her best friend.
(d) San-pa teases her because her family is poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Li-yan's father learn when they arrive at the tea collection center?

2. What is the order of importance for people in the village?

3. Why does Li-yan lie about her dream?

4. According to Akha tradition, what must a baby do before it is truly born?

5. What is the name of the mountain where Li-yan lives?

(see the answer key)

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